A Kalahari Family: Death by Myth

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2005 FESTIVAL
90 min.
John Marshal’s A Kalahari Family tells a remarkable story of eco-tourism, bearing witness to the power of a media myth over local reality. “There are two kinds of films,”; a Kalahari resident explains. “Films that show us in [animal] skins are lies. Films that show the truth show us with cattle, with farms, with our own water, [and] making our own plans.” A Kalahari Family follows an environmental and cultural conflict involving well-meaning eco-tourism advocates, U.S. AID officials, elephants, and a struggling people made famous by films like The Gods Must Be Crazy.